Chaplyne railway station attack
| Chaplyne railway station attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of Eastern Ukraine offensive | |
| Type | Missile strike |
| Location | |
| Date | 24 August 2022 (UTC+3) |
| Executed by |  Russian Armed Forces |
| Casualties | at least 22[1] killed at least 50 injured |
.svg)  Location within Ukraine | |
On August 24, 2022, the Independence Day of Ukraine, a Chaplyne railway station was attacked resulting in at least 22 dead and about 50 wounded.[2][3]
Course of events
On August 24, 2022, Russian troops struck the railway station.
Initially, it became known that 15 people died from the strike, and another fifty were injured. Subsequently, the number of those killed increased to 22. Of the 22 people, five people were burned alive in their car. Rescuers are working on the scene.
One of the rockets hit a private house and covered in debris a woman and two children aged 13 and 11. Local residents were able to pull a woman and a 13-year-old boy out of the debris alive. Rescuers pulled the 11-year-old boy from the rubble already dead.
Reactions
During his speech at the UN, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi noted: "Four passenger cars are on fire. At the moment, at least 15 people have been killed and about 50 injured. Rescuers are working. But, unfortunately, the number of dead may increase. This is how we live every day. This is how Russia prepared for this meeting of the UN Security Council".[4]
